Sun-N-Gun » golden state http://sunngun.com A Phoenix Suns Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Steve Nash Liberation Options http://sunngun.com/2011/02/02/absurdnashtrades/ http://sunngun.com/2011/02/02/absurdnashtrades/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:32:39 +0000 Andrew Lynch http://sunngun.com/?p=873 The more I think about the movement to Free Steve Nash, the more I realize how kind most NBA fans are. In their hearts, there is no malice, no avarice – they simply want to see Steve Nash do as well as possible in his few remaining years. It’s much like a grandchild doting over [...]

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]]> The more I think about the movement to Free Steve Nash, the more I realize how kind most NBA fans are. In their hearts, there is no malice, no avarice – they simply want to see Steve Nash do as well as possible in his few remaining years. It’s much like a grandchild doting over her rapidly decaying elders (if said elders were one of the best point guards in the NBA).

Too literal! You took it too literally! What did you do to Steve?! WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!

Given this kindness, I came to a realization – most NBA fans of teams other than the Suns wouldn’t mind sending their most valued possessions to Phoenix for little to no return! They just want to help Steve in any way possible and get him a championship, right? That’s the way that they always couch their argument to Free Steve Nash, so this must be the logical conclusion!

I decided to take a look at how kind some teams could truly be in their contribution to Operation: Get Nash a Ring. If you’re a Suns fan, I think you’ll appreciate the generosity of our NBA brethren. If you’re a fan of any of these teams, let me be the first to say, “thank you.” You were right – we should have freed Steve Nash ages ago!

1. Vince Carter to OKC for Serge Ibaka, Russell Westbrook, and Nick Collison

I’m of the mind that ridding the Suns of a zombie will instantly make them a better team. Unfortunately, zombies are highly contagious, so the NBA will not allow Vince Carter to be traded in a combination with any other player. Fortunately, Oklahoma City has a well stocked team full of reasonable contracts that can be combined into equal (financial) value in order to trade for Carter.

This trade would be quite kind of Oklahoma City, as Phoenix would employ two of the best point guards in the league – either in two different units, or in an incredible crunch time lineup with Westbrook running the point and Nash playing off the ball. Serge Ibaka would make the Suns defense even better, and he and Gortat could form a formidable front line. (more…)

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